Copyright+Resources


 * Copyright and Fair Use Resources for MICDS Teachers**

U.S. Copyright Office Information straight from the source.
 * What is Copyright?**

Four Factors 1.The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; 2.the nature of the copyrighted work; 3.the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and 4.the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
 * What are the Four Factors of Fair Use?**

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education "This document is a code of best practices that helps educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use." Supported by such distinguished organizations as the National Council of Teachers of English, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the National Association for Media Literacy Education

Copyright Confusion Wiki Has loads of tools and information to help in the classroom, including a Fair Use Reasoning Process Tool.

Interactive Guide to Using Copyrighted Media in Your Courses "A free, interactive guide to helping faculty determine the appropriate copyright guidelines they must follow to use different types of copyright protected media in their courses."

Teaching Copyright "Teaching Copyright provides lessons and ideas for opening your classroom up to discussion, letting your students express their ideas and concerns, and then guiding your students toward an understanding of the boundaries of copyright law."


 * Finding Copyright-free Images (from our student Finding Images Wiki):**

Create your own images, fast! Just add words. [|Image Chef] Ms. Voss's personal favorite. Just click "Get Started," choose an image you like and fix it up, right click it and save to your file. [|Says-It] [|GlassGiant] [|Text2Pic] No so easy on the eyes, but contains a wealth of templates to put text into [|Graffiti Creator] [|Newspaper Generator] [|AmazType] Ridiculously cool for book-lovers. Type in a word and see what happens. [|Catalog Card Generator] For nerds and librarians ONLY. Create your own perfect catalog card.
 * Image Generators**

Upload and tweak your own pictures to make them more fun. More funner? [|MagMyPic] Upload your own photos and make them look like magazine covers. [|Picnik] Create great effects with your photos. [|Dumpr] Turn your photo into a rubik's cube, a sketch, a stone mosaic, and more. [|Flickr Toys] Having fun with photos since 2005
 * Photo Enhancement**

[|ToonDoo] [|PimPamPum] Love this. Create cartoons from Flickr images.
 * Cartoon Generators**

If you choose not to create your own images, you should look for images that artists and photographers WANT to share--freely, without their permission. When using images from the sites below, double-check to make sure that the owners of the images are willing to share them freely--some may have minor restrictions. **Note:** you still need to cite where you find these images!! Use the following sites to find these kinds of images.
 * Copyright-Friendly Images**

morgueFile All free images. No thinking involved. Creative Commons A way to search for images and media that have creative commons licenses. Be careful, though! Creative Commons does not take responsibility for the results. YOU STILL HAVE TO READ THE FINE PRINT. [|Flickr: Creative Commons] Our favorite way to search Creative Commons images--through Flickr. This page explains the different types of rights that owners maintain over their images. Again, make sure you only use images with an appropriate license. Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web Great, searchable collection of image exhibitions. "You may download low-resolution images directly from the web site for personal, research or study purposes for free. This includes classroom use and student projects." Compfight Make sure you use the "safe search" so you don't come across any unsavory images. Copyright-Friendly Images and Sound Another school librarian's excellent list of places to go for freely shared images and sound. ImageCodr A great tool for analyzing image license and embedding images on websites.

Many images are in the public domain because of their age or owner, meaning that you can use them freely. Again, these sites are great places to start looking. [|American Memory] The motherload of free primary source material. Know it. Search it. Love it.
 * Historical Images**

Many of our databases contain images or art that you can use as long as you cite it!
 * Databases**